Preparation
: The residue obtained by evaporation from the waters of the mineral
springs of Gastein,
Germany,
is triturated in the usual way.

It was

Von Grauvogl
who first called attention to this drug, the product of certain mineral
springs in Germany, that have reputation for curing ulcers, cancers,
tumors, etc.

In
the Transactions of the American Institute of Homeopathy, 1896, will be
found the following by Dr.
W. A. Dewey :

My experience with this remedy, and I have been somewhat interested in
it, dates from about 1876.

At that time a member of my own family had an enlargement of one of the
cervical glands.

It was nearly as large as a hen's egg, and had a soft, doughy feel.

Under Lapis albus
6, prescribed, I believe, by Dr. G. E. E. Sparhawk,
now of Burlington, Vt.,
the swelling speedily and completely disappeared.

A peculiar and unusual symptom noticed by this patient while taking the
medicine was a marked increase in the appetite ; it became ravenous.

Since that time I have used the remedy in many cases of scrofulous
enlargement of the cervical glands, and find that it is almost specific
where the glands have a certain amount of elasticity and pliability about
them, rather than a stony hardness, such as might call for Calcarea
fluorica, Cistusor Carbo animalis.

One case in particular which I recall was a young lady, about twenty
years of age, a natural blonde, skin fair, bluish white, showing prominent
veins, who had a glandular enlargement in the right supra clavicular
region, nearly the size of a goose egg, and one somewhat smaller a little
farther back in the interval between the sterno-cleido mastoid and
trapezius muscles. These had a certain amount of hardness, but they were
movable.

Others of the cervical chain were also enlarged, the right side being
the only one affected.

As the young lady was engaged to be married, these unsightly lumps were
very distressing.

Lapis albus

6, a
powder four times a day, in a week caused a marked diminution of the size
of the glands, and in three weeks they were not noticeable, and eventually
entirely disappeared.

This patient also had a ravenous appetite while taking the remedy, an
unusual thing for her.

Her anemic color and complexion were also greatly improved.

The most remarkable effect of the use of the remedy I have had was in
the case of goitre in a lady of about thirty-five, blonde, who had for
over a year noticed a gradual increase in the size of the thyroid gland,
until it was as large as a good-sized fist, when she came to me.

Both halves of the gland seemed to be equally involved.
It did not appear to be of the encapsulated variety.

This patient had received previous homeopathic
treatment, having had

Spongia,
Iodine, Thuya, as
well as some other remedies.

Lapis albus 6

was prescribed, a
dose every three hours.

The swelling began to disappear at once, and continued
to diminish in size until it completely disappeared, and at the present
time over five years have passed with no return of the trouble.